Vibration dampener



Sept. 2,6, 1933. A. L. VARGHA VIBRAT'ION DAMPENER 2 sheets-sheet 1l Filed Aug. 2Q. 1931 Sept. 26, 1933-4 A. L. VARGHA 1,928,119

VIBRATION DAMPENER Filed Aug. v2o. 1931 2 sheets-sheet 2 l III Patented sept. 26, 1933 PATNT OFFICE 1,923,119 vnmA'rIoN DAMPENER 'Andrew Louis Vargha, Detroit, Mich., assigner to General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware -Application August Z0, 1931. Serial N0. 55.8,222

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The purpose of the device of the invention is to dampen the vibrations in the crankshaft and to give a smoother running to the engine. The particular novelty of the invention resides in conning a ring in a floating mass of rubber. The balancing effect is obtained by the internal friction in the rubber. l y

In the specific embodiments of the invention, either the flywheelat the rear of the crankshaft or the belt pulley at the front of theA crankshaft is constructed hollow to receive a dampening mass in the form of a'metal ring with the space between the ring and the hollow portion of the wheel filled with rubber. A plate fits over the hollow portion of the wheel to confine the rubber' and dampening lring in the wheel. The rubber may be vulcanized to both'the ring and the wheel or it may be molded separately in twoy parts and assembled withf-thering in the hollow portionA of the wheel.- l On the drawings- Figure 1 is, a side ,view of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine showing the invention applied to tha-belt pulley at the front of the crankshaft. A

Figure 2. is a section through the balancer in the plane of the'crankshaft, on the lineY 2-2 of Figure 3 is a section onfthe line 3-13 of) Fig- Figure 4 is a viewsimilar to 'Figure 1 but showing the balancer applied to the flywheel. v

Figure 5 is a section similar to Figure 2 through a modification ofth'evdampener as applied to the -ilywheel, taken von the line 5-5 of Figure 6.

` Figure 6. is a section on the line 6 6 ofFigure 5.

Figure '7 isla view f a: crankshaft showing r 7 with the dampenershown in section.

Figure 9 isa sectional vview through a modified f orm of dampener similar to Figure.

Figure l0 isa section through a modified form of dampener similar to Figure 1'.

Referring to-the drawings, the 'numeralZ indicates the multthrow crankshaft used on internal combustion engines. The crankshaft has4 the bearing portions 4, 6 and 8 by means of which it is mounted in -the crankcase and the crankthrcw bearing portions 1Q to which the connecting rods of the machine bolts 62.

are joined. The crankshaft has the flywheel 12 at one end and the belt pulley wheel 14 at its forward end. A belt 16 travels in a groove in the pulley 14 and runs over a pulley 18 mounted on a shaft-in a bearing 20 to operate the fan 22.

The belt -pulley 14l is shown in section in Figures 2 and 3. The wheel has the groove 24 for the reception of the belt 16 and the keyway 26 at its mid portion for the reception of the key 28 by means of which it is -rigidly mounted on the crankshaft 2. A bayonet-slot is shown at 30 for the reception of a startinglcrank.

The pulley wheel114 is hollow as indicated atl 32 and in the hollow portion there is received the dampening mass or metal ring 34 and the dampening rubber mass 36. It will be noted that the rubber 36 entirely surrounds the ring and is positioned between the ring andthe walls of the lhollow portion 32 of the pulley wheel 13. A plate 38 closes the hollow portion and is secured by means, of the machine screws 40 tothe wheel. Thelplate forms an airand a water tight'inclosure.

From anexamination of Figures 2 and 3, it will g be noted that the mass 34'is confined-orV floatsA in a mass o1' sea of rubber and the dampening effect is 'obtained Aby the internal friction in the rubber.

The rubber will tend to adhere to the .pulleyand to the dampening mass 34 at the surfaces of contact but will stretch or give in between. The rotationA of the crankshaft will rotate the pulley creases in speed, the inertia of the ring 34 will tend to keep it rotating at the higher speeds. This differential in the .rotational-speed between the ring 34 -and the pulley 14 will produce the dampening effect, the rotation of -the ring-34 being, of course, resisted by the internal friction in the rubber.

Figure 4 shows the ordinary typeA of Apulley wheel 42 without a dampener. The flywheel 44. is specially constructed to include the dampener. The particular structure of'the dampenerN 44.is shown in Figures 5 and 6. v

The flywheel 44 is hollow as indicated at 46 and receives thereinA the two-part vannular channeled -14 and the mass 34 and as the crankshaft del portions 50 and 52 Between the portions 50 and 52, there is confined the dampening mass or ring 54.' Each rubber section 50 or.52 has the projecting or stud portions 56 which llt into corresponding recesses 58 in the flywheel housing 44 or in the cover plate 60,secur'e`d to the flywheel by means At spaced intervals, the ring 54.is provided with openings 63 in which there are received the pro- 100 rubber mass 48 comprising the two symmetrical jecting portions 64 and'. 66 from the sections 50 and 52, respectively. One'of th'e purposes of the projections 64 and 66 is tosecure a better connection between the ring and the rubber.v

-The ywheel has the axial recess 68 and the as at 72 and the closure plate 60 h'a's a correspondaxial opening 70 in wlnch the end of the crankshaft 2 is. received. The ywheel is also recessed tween' the. closure plate 60 and'the flywheel 44 andis used :in connection with the conventional starter mechanism. Instead of being molded Vin two sections 50 and 52 the rubber mass 48 may be vulcanized to both flywheel and dampening ring 54.

The operation of the structure of Figures 4, 5 and 6 is the same as that of Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure '7 shows the conventional flywheel 12 and the conventional belt pulley .42, neither having a dampening means applied thereto. In the structure of Figure 7, the dampening member is applied to a cheek of one of the throws -of the crankshaft. This is best shown in'Figure 8.

.The crankshaft may have the integral extension 82 theend of which is cylindrical in shape -asshown .in Figure' 7 althoughit may be of any suitable form'. The cylinder is hollow 'as indicated at 84' and in the hollow portion there is received the dampening mass or weight 86 and the rubber dampening mass 88 which completely` surrounds and llsthe space between the weight 86 which produces the d'ampening or balancing veffact.

the arm 88 and all parts of the dampener con-- The rotation ofvthe crankshaft will cause nected thereto to rotate with the shaft. The mass 86 will tend to lag. behind when the speed is increasing. When the speed is decreasing, thel `inertia' of the weight 86 will tend to continue it at its higher rate of speed. The inharmonic motion of the weight-86 for the increasing and Figure 9 shows a modication of the structure of Figure 8. Instead of the screw cap 90, a thin metal plate 92 is -forced into the end 'opening 96 and held by shoulders 98. The rubber 88 is preferably vulcanized in position and to aid inA accomplishing the vulcanizing operation, small blocks or plugs of rubber 1 00 are placed between the weight 86 and the hollowV portion 84 to. hold the weight in place during the vulcanizing operation.

Figure 101s a view similar to- Figure 2 but showing the manner in which the weight 34 is held in place .during the vulcanizing operation. Blocks or plugs of rubber 100 are placed between the interior walls of the hollow portion 32 of the pulley wheel 14 to hold the mass 34 n`place.

1. In a vibration dampenerv for crankshafts, a hollow body rigidly secured to the shaft a single Y metallic mass in the hollow body, and an elastic mediumvcompletely filling the space in the body between the walls thereof and the metallic mass. 2.0In a vibration dampener for crankshafts,

a hollow body rigidly secured to the shaft, a .metallic ring in the hollow body, and a rubber filler between the walls of the hollow body and the ring.

3. In a vibration dampener for crankshafts, ahollow body rigidly secured to the shaft, a single metallic mass in the hollow body, said mass spaced from the walls of the body and the crankshaft, and an elastic medium filling the space in the body between the walls thereof and the metals lic massf and between the crankshaft and the metallic mass 4. In a vibration dampener for crankshafts, a hollow body rigidly secured-'to the shaft, a single metallic mass in the hollow body, and a sectional elastic medium filling thezspa'ce in the body between the walls thereof and the metallic masfs. l5. In a vibration dampener 'for crankshafts, a hollow body rigidly secured to the shaft, a metallic ring -in the hollow body, and a rubber filler between the walls of the hollow body andthe ring, said rubber vulcanized to the body and the ring.

6; In a vibration dampener. for crankshafts, a hollow body rigidly secured to the shaft, a metal'- lic ring in the hollow body, a rubber ller between the walls ofthe hollow body and the ring, and 1.25 means to support the ring in the body during -the vulcanizing operation. Y

ANDREW VARGHA. 

